Cyclopean

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Cyclopean \Cy`clo*pe"an\ (s?`kl?-p?"an), a. [L. Cyclopeus, Gr.
     ?????, fr. ????? Cyclops: cf. F. cyclopeen.]
     Pertaining to the Cyclops; characteristic of the Cyclops;
     huge; gigantic; vast and rough; massive; as, Cyclopean
     labors; Cyclopean architecture.
     [1913 Webster] Cyclopedia



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  cyclopean
       adj : of or relating to or resembling the Cyclops; "Cyclopean eye"

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  34 Moby Thesaurus words for "Cyclopean":
     Antaean, Atlantean, Briarean, Brobdingnagian, Gargantuan,
     Herculean, Homeric, abysmal, astronomic, colossal, elephantine,
     enormous, epic, giant, giantlike, gigantic, heroic, huge, immense,
     infinite, jumbo, mammoth, mighty, monster, monstrous, monumental,
     mountainous, prodigious, profound, stupendous, titanic, towering,
     tremendous, vast